The Nile river is officially the longest river in the world and coming at a close second is the Amazon river. The current measurements for both rivers are at 6,650 km and 6,400 km respectively. However, a group of explorers are on a quest to put a debate on which exactly is the longest river by going on a trip to the Amazon as they believe that the Amazon river is actually 7,000 km long.
“The Nile is like a worm and the Amazon is an anaconda,” 55-year-old Brazilian expedition leader Yuri Sanada, a seasoned explorer and film producer, recounts of his colleague’s metaphorical take on the Amazon’s volume, which carries four times more water than any other river.
The planned five-month-long expedition, due to set off in April 2024, aims to voyage the Amazon’s full length, using modern river-mapping satellite technology to scientifically prove once and for all that the Amazon is not just the world’s most voluminous river, but its longest.
More about this on CNN.
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